- 68
- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
My first A1c was 5.9. Not too bad, I thought.
However, the diabetes nurse warned me that it was artificially low because I was on Metformin for three weeks before taking the test.
The nurse also took me off Metformin completely because she wanted to see my true "baseline" A1c without medications before deciding whether I needed medications.
For the next three months I was then without any diabetes medications, but I started following the LCHF regime. The benefits were immediate, and life without starches had been blissful for me. But would it work in the long run?
This week I went to see the diabetes nurse as my second A1c results were ready.
She looked at her screen, then asked "Are you still on Metformin?" "No, I stopped as soon as you asked me to." "Are you on any other diabetes medications?" "None." "Then wow. Your A1c is 5.2. At this point in time you don't need any medications and you clearly are in full control of your diabetes. Keep doing what you are doing, and I'll see you in three months."
5.2!
I think I'll celebrate with a whole avocado, oh wild me
However, the diabetes nurse warned me that it was artificially low because I was on Metformin for three weeks before taking the test.
The nurse also took me off Metformin completely because she wanted to see my true "baseline" A1c without medications before deciding whether I needed medications.
For the next three months I was then without any diabetes medications, but I started following the LCHF regime. The benefits were immediate, and life without starches had been blissful for me. But would it work in the long run?
This week I went to see the diabetes nurse as my second A1c results were ready.
She looked at her screen, then asked "Are you still on Metformin?" "No, I stopped as soon as you asked me to." "Are you on any other diabetes medications?" "None." "Then wow. Your A1c is 5.2. At this point in time you don't need any medications and you clearly are in full control of your diabetes. Keep doing what you are doing, and I'll see you in three months."
5.2!
I think I'll celebrate with a whole avocado, oh wild me